Dengue fever, two more positives in the city – Chieti

ORTONA. More cases of Dengue fever in the city. This time, according to the Epidemiological Hygiene and Public Health Service of the Lanciano-Vasto-Chieti ASL, the positivity of two citizens residing in the Feudo district and in the Moro-Batteria district was confirmed. The two infected people were in their respective homes in the viremic phase. Consequently, it was deemed necessary to carry out, through the company EcoLan Spa and in the affected areas, the treatment envisaged by the National Arbovirus Plan 2020/2025, in an area no less than 200 meters away from the places of residence of the infected. Hence the order of the extraordinary commissioner of the Municipality, the vice-prefect Gianluca Bragawhich highlights «the urgent need to intervene to protect public health and hygiene to prevent infectious diseases transmissible to humans through the bite of vector insects, and in particular the tiger mosquito carrier of the Dengue virus. The main intervention for the prevention of these diseases consists in the maximum possible reduction of the population of vector insects and therefore it is necessary to strengthen the fight against the insect itself, acting mainly through the removal of larval outbreaks and with adequate larvicidal treatments as well as adultsicides in the area public and private”.
Last night and today and tomorrow, starting from 10.30 pm and until 1.30 am, EcoLan Spa carries out the disinfestation intervention in the two areas affected by the infections. The service is also provided in external private areas (courtyards, squares, gardens, terraces, etc.) and public areas (schools, etc.) falling within the intervention areas.
The population is invited not to expose food or clothing outside their homes, to close windows, to keep pets inside and to empty saucers. The products used are authorized by the Ministry of Health as new generation medical and surgical devices for the care of the environment and the protection of public health.
With these last two cases, the number of people infected with the Dengue virus in the municipal area of ​​Ortona has risen to 13 since last September 5th, the day on which the disinfestation operation was started for the first time in some areas of the urban centre. (cr.or.)
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